August 2007 | Alabama Living
Art Dees of CWEMC Franklin office unhooks the “injured” dummy after safely removing him from the bucket of a line truck. Each year CWEMC lineman must be able to complete this exercise, among many others, to maintain their safety accreditation.
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Clarke-Washington EMC line-men crew recently participated in a bucket rescue safety exercise at the Jackson and Chatom offices.
Linemen were timed on their ability to remove an “injured” dummy from the bucket of a truck.
Each lineman had to complete the exercise and have their time recorded. In a real-life situation, a person who has contacted a live electric line must be removed from the bucket of a truck, laid on the ground and have CPR administered to them within four minutes to save their life.
Every month our linemen receive safety training from Alabama Rural Electric Association. The men must complete this exercise, among many other safety exercises each year. They are always being in-formed on ways to keep them safe while being efficient in maintaining and restoring power lines.
Safety is crucial to the success of our cooperative. This is just one way Clarke-Washington EMC is maintaining its safety accreditation and professionalism. Safety exercises help us reach 200,000 completed safety hours. Successes like this are due to the training conducted here at our office and the priority of importance placed on safety training for employees of CWEMC.